Our first stop was at Holandes Caye in the San Blas archipelago. We took a Zodiac shuttle followed by a wet landing (we stepped into the water and waded to shore – a new experience for me!).

I chose a naturalist walk on the island where we visited a Guna village. We then returned to the ship to watch an interesting documentary, “The Last Treasures of the Maya Snake King”, which discussed the recent discoveries of Mayan cities in the jungles of Central America.

Later in the afternoon, we had a lecture by Tim Martin, “30 Years of Wildlife Film Making”, on his personal experiences as a photographer. After dinner, we watched a documentary on the history and challenges of building the Panama Canal, “A man, a plan, a canal, Panama”.